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G. FRANK. FUEL PRESS AND CUTTER.

No. 473,834. Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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FUEL PRESS AND CUTTER. No. 473,834. Patented Apr, 26, 1892.

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GUSTAVE FRANK, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

FUEL PRESS AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,834, dated April26, 1892.

Application filed March 2,1892. serial No. 423,530. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE FRANK. a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Fuel Presser andCutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and easily-operatedmachine for pressing and cutting artificial fuel or other plastic orsemi-plastic material or composition.

My invention chiefly consists of rollers and an endless belt forconveying the material under a set of adjustable presser-rollers, whichmay, if necessary, be suitably heated.

It also consists of circular cutters or knives which are arranged to cutand divide the material longitudinally and also laterally whennecessary. All the said parts are supported on a suitable horizontalframe and driven either by suitable belting or gearing.

Referring to the drawings, Figure I is a sectional elevation of myimproved machine, taken on line 0000, Fig. II. Fig. II is a plan view ofFig. I. Fig. III is a cross-sectional view on line y y, Fig. I. Fig. IVis a cross-sectional view on line 00 00", Fig. I.

Similarletters refer to similar parts thro u ghout the several views.

Letter A is the frame of the machine, consisting of the two horizontalbeams B and 0, connected and held apart the required distance by two ormore cross-pieces D and E, the whole being supported on the four postsor legs F F F F.

G is. a shaft extending across the framework at g and supported at eachend in suitable bearings secured to the horizontalbeams B O, and to thisaxle is fastened the roller c, made sufficiently wide to freely revolvewithin the space between the said horizontal beams B and C. II isanother roller secured to the axle h, journaled to the under side of thehorizontal beams B O. I is another roller secured to the axle 2', whichis journaled to the movable bearings t" adj ustably secured to thehorizontal beams B C. Over and around these rollers g, H, and I isstretched the enclless carrying-apron J. This said apron J is revolvedby the belt-wheel K, which is keyed to the shaft or axle G. At thecenter of the frame directly above the endless carryingbelt is placedthe adjustable pressing-roller L, secured to the axle Z, journaled inthe vertical standardsl Z and which are fastened to the horizontal beamsB C. To the right and left of this roller L and a little distancetherefrom are placed the adjustable roller M and fixed roller N onshafts m and a, respectively, journaled to standards 1% n. The standardsn are secured rigidly to the beams B O and the standards m are adjustably secured to the beams B 0. Over and around these rollers L, M,and H revolves the endless apron O. v ably journaled to the standards Z1*, in order to regulate the required pressure of the said rollers.

P is a hopper placed over the endless carrying belt or apron J andsupported on a suitable frame secured to the beams B and O. This hoppermay be provided in the inside with a stirrer, agitator, or regulatorsecured to an axle journaled in the side frame of the hopper andprovided with a belt-wheel for revolving the said agitator.

S S S are circular cutters or knives .keyed upon the axle 8, supportedon suitable brackets secu red to the frame of the machine. These cuttersmay also have lateral blades, so as to cut the blocks into squares orother required shapes. These knives are usually placed at equaldistances apart, such being determined by the desired width and sizes ofthe composite blocks of artificial fuel or other substances to beproduced. Between these knives are placed the presser rollers or sleevesR made usually of less diameters than theknives. The diameters of theserollers, however, are governed by the thickness of the material or fuelto be pressed.

Beneath the circular knives is placed the presser-block T secured bybolts to the side beams B 0.

Operation: The prepared material U is placed in the hopper P, and fromsaid hopper it falls upon the endless carrying-apron J. From this apronJ the material is carried forward to and between the pressing-rollers Land H, where it is pressed and afterward out into the required shapes orblocks V. From these rollers the fuel or other composition or materialpasses under the knives S and is The axle of the roller L is adjustthere pressed and cut into strips or blocks of the requiredthicknesses and widths. These strips can, if desired, be cut intosquares by a separate apparatus or by hand, or by other cross-knivesacting in connection with knives 13. (Not shown.) The presser-rollers Land M may be heated by steam admitted into the interior of the same.

Although I specifically refer to my apparatus or machine as being usedfor cutting or forming plastic substances or compositions that areintended for artificial fuel, I do not confine its use thereto, as itcan be employed either in its present condition or modified to makecakes, tablets, balls, or blocks of almost.

any composite material and intoa variety of shapes, and eitherletteredor plain.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. In a machine forpressing and cutting artificialfuel, the roller g, the roller H, andadjustable roller I, all journaled, to the frame of the machine in thesame horizontal plane,

over all of which passesthe endless apron J,

combined with the belt 0, and the adjustable pressure-rollerL,substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

2. In a machine for pressing and cutting artificial fuel, the fixedpresser-roller H and around rollers M and N, the fixed presser-v rollerH, the adjustable presser-roller L, the circular cutters S on shaft Sthe sleeves R1 the presser-block T all of said rollers keyed on suitableshafts journaled, as described, in bearing on the frameof the machineand revolved by suitable pulleys and belting, all

forthe purpose arranged. substantially as and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing ,I

vhave hereunto set my hand this 6th day of February, 1892.

GUSTAVE FRANK 2 Witnesses;

FRA KLI BARRETT,

JAMES H. LANCASTER.

